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Is Hollywood’s Documentary Boom Too Much of a Good Thing?
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variety.comAddie Morfoot ContributorOnce upon a time, asking audiences to watch a documentary was like asking them to do their homework or eat their broccoli — sure, it’d be good for ’em, but they probably wouldn’t have a ton of fun doing it.Early docs were often weighed down by heavy topics (a lot of war content) and dry, straightforward presentations (think newsreels).
Eventually, filmmakers began introducing cinematic touches and more dynamism to documentary storytelling, though progress was slow.
In 1922, “Nanook of the North,” the first feature doc, incorporated staged and fictionalized elements. The Sixties brought direct cinema and cinema verité, the fly-on-the-wall style of the Maysles brothers, Robert Drew, D.A.
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